denmark

Since 2014, COWI has operated Denmark’s Digital Street Imagery (DDG) as an “on demand” service that produces high-density panoramas of Danish streets for professional use.

In 2014-15 more than 10,000 kilometres of public roads were covered in 10-12 municipalities. 

Now COWI performs a full-scale DDG scan every second year and offers access to processed databases on a licensed basis.

DDG 2016 resulted in 15 million panoramas covering 104,000 kilometres at intervals of 7 metres – a much higher coverage range, density and actuality comparing to similar services offered by other providers.

All faces and number plates are blurred in all images in the DDG databases to protect private information.

All DDG images can now be accessed on a licensed basis via “COWI Multi Viewer”, which is a self-developed tool by COWI for image/geo data sharing and management.

PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

This privacy notice is only applicable for COWI’s (hereafter ‘we’, ‘us’, ‘our’) processing of personal data in connection with Denmark’s Digital Street Imagery. The details stated in this privacy notice is also stated in our general privacy notice. In the event of any discrepancy between the two, this privacy notice shall prevail.

1) Identity and contact details

COWI A/S, Parallelvej 2, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, +45 56 40 00 00, dataprivacy@cowi.com is the data controller applicable for this privacy notice.

2) Processing of personal data

We process personal data in connection with out street imagery products (Denmark’s Digital Street Imagery), which we offer to public authorities and private organisations for professional use. The processing of street photos, and the personal data associated therewith, is to provide tools for public authorities and private organisations for documentation purposes and to improve workflows in various connections.

In this regard, we may process personal data such as photos of buildings, roads, address registration and date and time of when the photos were taken. The personal data, which may include photos of individuals and license plates, is blurred using algorithms. The processing of license plates may further be used to improve the algorithms’ blurring techniques, which after the data is deleted immediately.

The legal basis for the processing of this personal data is article 6 (1)(f) of the GDPR, as it is a legitimate interest of us to offer tools for public authorities and private organisations for documentation purposes and to improve workflows in e.g., urban development and planning. Furthermore, it is a legitimate interest of us to process license plates in order to improve blurring techniques.

The personal data is collected from predefined public roads, private public roads and public areas and in accordance with applicable legislation. The road information is collected from ‘Styrelsen for Dataforsyning og Effektivisering’ (The Danish Agency for Data Supply and Efficiency).

3) Categories of recipients of personal data

The personal data referred to in section 2 may be disclosed to the following categories of recipients if we are required by law or if the disclosure is legitimate:

Other companies in the COWI Group.

Customers, potential customers and business partners.

Public authorities such as tax authorities, police and municipalities.

As part of the operation of our business, the personal data may be disclosed to external suppliers, including independent data controllers and data processors.

4) Transfer of personal data to a third country or an international organisation

We may transfer personal data stated in this privacy notice to a third country (non-EU/EEA countries). We have established the necessary and appropriate guarantees to protect this transfer. A copy of the guarantees can be obtained by contacting dataprivacy@cowi.com.

5) The period during which the personal data will be processed

The processing of personal data in relation to Denmark’s Digital Street Imagery is processed until the collection and blurring of data is complete. This usually takes 6 months, which after the personal data is deleted or blurred.

6) Your rights

Under applicable law, you have a number of rights in relation to COWI’s processing of your personal data, including the right of access, right to rectification, right of erasure, right to restrict processing, right to object, right to data portability, rights related to automated decision-making incl. profiling. Please contact gadefoto@cowi.com to exercise your rights.

7) Complaints

Please contact gadefoto@cowi.com if you would like to file a complaint. You may also file a complaint with Datatilsynet (The Danish Data Protection Agency).